East Houston News

There were 12,496 Hispanic students enrolled in Liberty County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.5% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Liberty County welcomed 21,811 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 57.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 33 schools in Liberty County, Cleveland High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 2,877 students.

Texas is found to be one of the least-educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.

Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state's school districts. Per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.

“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock said.

School name	% of Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Cleveland High School	86.9	3,310
Cleveland Middle School	81.3	1,696
Dayton High School	49.1	1,633
Wilson Junior High School	49.2	1,396
Northside Elementary School	67.2	1,235
Eastside Elementary School	81.3	948
Southside Elementary School	88.4	905
Richter Elementary School	29.5	875
Kimmie M. Brown Elementary School	50.3	845
Cottonwood Elementary School	93.3	827
Tarkington Intermediate School	12.7	773
Austin Elementary School	53.4	759
Liberty High School	41.3	707
Pine Burr Elementary School	94.6	691
Liberty Elementary School	44	684
Hardin Elementary School	18.8	607
Liberty Middle School	38.2	557
Tarkington High School	16.2	513
San Jacinto Elementary School	42.7	450
Tarkington Middle School	18.4	414
Hardin High School	18	394
Hardin Junior High School	15.8	316
Hull-Daisetta Elementary School	7.1	267
Colbert Elementary School	42.8	264
Tarkington Primary School	15.5	193
Devers Elementary School	20.6	141
Hull-Daisetta High School	8.6	105
Disciplinary Alternative Education Program	89.7	68
Devers Junior High School	38.1	63
Premier High School of Dayton	20.3	59
Hull-Daisetta Junior High School	3.4	59
Frederick A. Douglass Learning Academy	86.8	53
Fredda Nottingham Alternative Education Center	25	4